Alternative forms

• 1984esque

Etymology

From 1984 +‎ -esqueCategory:English terms suffixed with -esque#1984ESQUE. Piecewise doublet of 1984-ishCategory:English piecewise doublets#1984ESQUE.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1984-esque (comparative more 1984-esque, superlative most 1984-esque)Category:English lemmas#1984ESQUECategory:English adjectives#1984ESQUECategory:English multiword terms#1984ESQUECategory:English terms spelled with numbers#1984ESQUECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#1984ESQUECategory:Pages with entries#1984-ESQUECategory:Pages with 1 entry#1984-ESQUE

1. Resembling or pertaining to a society with a significant amount of surveillance, totalitarianism and censorship.

   Synonyms: 1984-ish, Orwellesque, Orwellian

   • 2020, Robert Sneider, American Lynchpin‎, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

     What is this globalism anyway? This new world order? This one world order? It all seems very vague to me. When I start hearing those terms, I start imagining some kind of 1984-esque, soulless, desolate society, of dependence on government, with Big Brother as the totalitarian leader, I guess.

     Category:English terms with quotations#1984ESQUE